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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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